Imagine if they reversed the financial incentive arrangements.
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From: Julie Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] reducing c.section rates?
Hi Nicole
If I remember correctly the
Similarly, in the USA, when a Kansas HMO (health fund) started paying OBs
the same regardless of method of delivery, the CS rate dropped from 28.7% to
13.5% in a year.
Rachele
An obst from argentina recently told me that to lower the countries
ridiculously high caesar rate the government
Dear list,
I hope you can suggest a few options fora friend's daughter who is pregnant with twins and looking forwomen-friendly care. Her holisticbackground combined withinitial visits toGP andobstetricianhasleft her disturbed, defiant,and waryofgetting caught up in the system. But she is unsure
Lesley,
I supported a twin vaginal birth at Box
Hill hospital. It was such a fight but we did it. If you want to contact me off
list then I would be glad to give you any help and advice along the way. I
could also pass on details of the mother as I am sure she would be happy to
chat to
Hi,
Homebirth could be an option for this woman if she find practitioners
willing to attend. Remember she will receive twice the maternity
allowance of $4000 (from July on) so the costs of the homebirth will be
covered.
My med student daughter only yesterday was with an obstetrician who
Hi Lesley,
For inspiration your friends daughter may be interested in a DVD of a homebirth
of twins here in Melbourne - fairly recently (a couple of years ago i think).
From memory it's called Homebirth of the Malcolm Twins, you could try
contacting Davini at ICSM if your interested:
There
is a ' woman friendly' doctor at Ferntree Gully. Contact off list for name
if interested. Maureen
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